Literary Terms
vocab
Genres
Top Sellers
Books to Movies
100

The action that happens in a story (the sequence of events)

What is plot?

100

an account of real events 

what is non-fiction 

100

Genre that concentrates on a specific time period

What is historical fiction?

100

This character made JK Rowling famous

Who is Harry Potter?

100

This famous book to movie starred Leonardo DiCaprio and was set in the roaring '20s

What is the Great Gatsby?

200

A struggle (internal or external) and there are many types such as man vs man, man vs society

What is conflict?

200

when an animal is given human qualities 

what is anthropomorphizing 

200

Hunger Games popularized this genre. Grace Year is another good example of this genre.

What is dystopia.

200

The main character of Hunger Games

Who is Katniss Everdeen?

200

This famous book to movie was set in the fictional town of Monroeville, AL in the 1930s

What is To Kill a Mockingbird?

300

Extreme exaggeration

What is hyperbole?

300

the general vibe of a story

what is tone

300

2001 a space odyssey and dune are examples of this

What is science fiction?

300

this book that is obsessed with 1980s pop culture was adapted into a movie in 2019

what is ready player one

300

This famous book to movie was set in the 1930s and had migrant workers as its main characters.

What is Of Mice and Men?

400

Message of a story

What is theme?

400

Japanese graphic novels 

what is Manga 

400

Romeo and Juliet fits into this genre

What is romance?

400

This horror author is credited with The Shining and It

Who is Stephen King?

400

This famous book to movie had Jonas as a main character and was about societal mind control.

What is The Giver?

500

Giving inanimate objects human qualities

What is personification?

500

a word indicating action

what is verb 

500

the game of thrones books and the disk world books are all types of what genre?

What is fantasy?

500

Ray Bradbury wrote this top seller about burning books

What is Fahrenheit 451?

500

This was one of Shakespeare's famous plays about 2 star-crossed lovers.

What is Romeo and Juliet?